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When she was 22 years old or younger, Braulia Velázquez, a healer from the Zapotec Sierra Sur of Oaxaca, received through a dream the gift to heal with sacred plants and mushrooms that in Zapotec are known as mbey do or mbey sant, a variety from the region. The story of her life is the subject of Braulia, a short film by her great-niece, Diana Martínez García (Santa María Huatulco, 1995).
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) and the Attorney General's Office of the Republic (FGR) yesterday began a training session for public servants from both institutions, which seeks to strengthen their knowledge in the procurement and administration of justice, with emphasis on criminal sciences and criminal policy.
In view of the reopening of Mexican livestock exports to the United States starting in the second half of August, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo stated that there are still some actions to be taken that will be jointly adopted by the Mexican and American authorities in the sector. However, what has been achieved so far "speaks of good coordination and collaboration between both governments. The work that was done was very technical to prevent the spread of the screwworm that damages livestock so much."
The National Electoral Institute (INE) reported that the production and distribution process of the new model of the voting credential continues to advance favorably and steadily, which has made it possible to reduce the delivery period of the card to applicants from 20 to 15 days.
The government of Oaxaca, headed by the Morenista Salomón Jara Cruz, was in charge, during its morning conferences, of seeking to discredit the work of journalist Alejandro Leyva Aguilar, said Carlos Alberto, son of the Oaxacan communicator, murdered last Wednesday in San Pablo Etla.
From failure to failure and from ridicule to ridicule, who claims to be the "president" of Argentina (the grotesque Javier Milei) without any proof blames third parties for financing and carrying out "an anti-Argentina campaign", when in fact he himself is the main anti-Argentine and confirms it every day by handing over sovereignty (political, economic, financial and territorial) and national security to the United States and Israel and declaring himself, openly, at the service of Donald Trump and the genocidal Benjamin Netanyahu.
The federal government officially declared a Circular Economy Development Pole for Wellbeing (Podecobi) in the municipality of Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, with the purpose of attracting investments from companies to transform sargassum, plastics and construction waste into raw materials through tax incentives and support from the Federation.
By installing a technical commission to review what happened with the admission exams now suspended due to allegations of cheating irregularities, the rectorship of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), headed by Leonardo Lomelí, gains time that is running out (there are only a few days left until the start of classes) and takes cover behind that committee to make decisions that, as they appear, would aim to be extremely controversial in any sense.
“Recognizing a journalist, journalists has a double merit that we must honor with our clean, punctual and truthful writings every day,” said Francisco Alejandro Leyva Aguilar in November 2024, upon receiving the Ricardo Flores Magón Mexico Journalism Award, in the Digital Column category.
Washington and New York. The 11.1 million Mexican immigrants in the United States are the largest immigrant group in this country: they represent 22 percent of the total foreign-born population and 40 percent of all undocumented immigrants, according to a new demographic profile prepared by the Washington-based Migration Policy Institute (MPI).
Beijing. China's Ministry of Commerce urged the United States to correct its wrong practices and eliminate unilateral tariff measures it imposed under the pretext of so-called "forced labor."
The appeals and amparo trials brought by property invaders have caused the recovery processes to last up to five years. In this context, according to estimates by the Salma Sosa y Abogados firm, restitution requests have increased 60 percent so far in 2026, with Benito Juárez and Gustavo A. Madero as the mayors with the most cases.
The Mexican women's rugby 7 team won the silver medal at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games, after losing in the final 27-0 to Colombia, which won the golden metal. The bronze went to Jamaica after beating the Dominican Republic 24-7.
Bogota. President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella intends to change Colombian foreign policy with the closure of more than a dozen embassies, including those of Cuba and Nicaragua, with whom he will break relations because he considers them “tyrannies.”
The rulings of the Judicial Branch of the Federation that have allowed increasing the validity of patents for innovative medicines that had already expired did not take into account the national pharmaceutical laboratories, third parties interested in the cases because they have health records of generics of the same products, said Ricardo del Olmo, executive director of the National Association of Medicine Manufacturers (Anafam).
The United States Department of Justice left open the possibility of reviewing the extradition requests presented by the Mexican government that remain unanswered, among them that of the former governor of Tamaulipas, Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca, required by the Attorney General's Office (FGR) for alleged crimes of organized crime and operations with resources of illicit origin.
Federal forces arrested Ricardo El Tío Ozuna Tirado in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, an alleged financial operator and one of the main leaders of a criminal cell linked to the Los Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa cartel. In the operation, reported yesterday by the security cabinet, five possible members of the same group were also captured: Alejandro Coronel Reyes Jr., of American nationality, as well as the Mexicans Marcelo Eduardo Mendoza Ramírez, José Manuel Félix Covarrubias, Jano Alonso López Ruiz and José Manuel Sosa Carrasco. In addition, the authorities seized two firearms, chargers, cartridges, approximately 100 thousand dollars in cash, cell phones, computers, two vehicles and two properties. El Tío, 49 years old, acted in the municipality of La Cruz de Elota, Sinaloa. Intelligence work led to the location of two properties used for the commission of crimes, so they implemented a security fence that resulted in the arrest of six people. This action was led by elements of the Navy, Security and Citizen Protection and the Attorney General's Office of the Republic, in coordination with the National Intelligence Center.
The Attorney General's Office (FGR) provided sufficient evidence for a federal judge to link four people related to the Sinaloa cartel to trial for their possible participation in the aggravated kidnapping of migrants in the entity and for organized crime.
Washington. The airstrikes ordered by US President Donald Trump against vessels that he has accused, without evidence, of transporting drugs, during Operation Southern Spear and in which at least 221 people have been murdered, did not reduce the flow of cocaine to the United States, as traffickers adapted their routes and methods, Pentagon and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials admitted, The Washington Post reported yesterday.
Seattle. Police said yesterday that there were at least three suspects involved in a shooting at a food fair near Seattle's Space Needle last night, including one who was among those killed in the incident.
Big Tech's relentless drive to expand data center construction to every continent has sparked a growing mass resistance movement – from the United States to Ireland, and from Chile to Malaysia – with grassroots communities protesting depleted water resources, skyrocketing utility bills, air and noise pollution, and environmental destruction.
Four big news stories stood out in the country in 1937: The creation of what we know today as the Secretariat of National Defense. The nationalization of the Mexican Railway System, led by President Lázaro Cárdenas. The arrival of León Trotsky and his wife Natalia to Mexican exile, and the opening of the Los Angeles Hall on July 29 by Don Miguel Nieto Alcántara. Inspired by the Moulin de la Galette in Paris, the Los Ángeles Hall became the temple of Mexican dancing over other spaces in the same field due to the excellent musical programming and the plurality of attendees: pachucos, workers, taxi drivers, merchants, office workers, artists and intellectuals.
In trade terms, Mexico faces a “battle” every week with the United States, as President Donald Trump's administration constantly announces tariffs that impede free trade, said the head of the Ministry of Economy (SE), Marcelo Ebrard, such as the 10 percent levies that Washington announced last week on imports from countries that, in his opinion, do not do enough to combat forced labor. The measure applies to 60 countries, including Mexico.
Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday expressed support for his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in his “opposition to external interference,” Chinese state press reported.
The accordion has a long history in schools, from elementary to college. The scandal these days is that it was used in the form of artificial intelligence (AI) in the 2026 UNAM bachelor's admission exam. Years ago, the accordion was a piece of paper or notes written in the palm of the hand with small letters. Rector Leonardo Lomelí installed a technical commission to review the procedure. “We cannot allow access to the University to be affected by those applicants who could have had some type of help, to the detriment of the applicants who studied, prepared and sought the opportunity to access higher education in the entrance exam,” he expressed.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, assured that his trade policy and the imposition of tariffs on automotive imports are already causing the return of production lines from Mexico to US territory, stating that various automakers are relocating their operations to avoid paying taxes.
Stephen Miller, deputy director of the White House Public Policy Cabinet, stated yesterday that the drug cartels that “control the territory” of Mexico are the reason why “the judicial, political and legal system” does not work in this country.
Economist Jeffrey Sachs asserted that Democratic President Barack Obama (2009-2017) ordered the Central Intelligence Agency to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. “So that started in 2011,” he said, interviewed by conservative Tucker Carlson. To the question of “why would Obama want to overthrow Al Assad?”, Sachs responded: “because Israel has directed US foreign policy in the Middle East for 30 years,” he points out in an excerpt from the interview published by Turkish journalist Asfshin Rattansi in alleged Iranian threats against their security, Israeli media reported. The White House announced that President Donald Trump will discuss with the prime minister “the conflict with Iran, progress in the trilateral framework on Lebanon and the expansion of the Abraham Accords.” Likewise, Netanyahu will attend the memorial service in honor of the late pro-Israel Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, Al Jazeera reported.
The Arbitration Tribunal of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) dismissed almost all of the claims that Vulcan Minerals had against Mexico since 2018 under NAFTA, and only granted it the right to compensation that the company itself described as insignificant.
The former governor of Baja California, Ernesto Ruffo Appel, is not persecuted for his ideals or political ties; He is being investigated, along with seven co-accused, for his probable participation in the crimes of railroad huachicol and organized crime, stated the Attorney General's Office (FGR).
Washington. President Donald Trump assured yesterday that he is holding “very cordial” talks with Iran, and affirmed that the US naval blockade prevents the entry of ships into the Islamic republic. Hours earlier, Tehran rejected that there are ongoing talks with Washington and stressed that it controls the Strait of Hormuz.
Veracruz, Ver., Residents of the La Guadalupe-El Jabón community, municipality of Las Choapas, blocked an access road to the Krem-1 well, to demand the presence of personnel from Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and other authorities in order to start a dialogue table and find a solution to put out the fire that has been going on for more than four months.
Zacatecas, Zac., The state government headed by Morenista David Monreal Ávila maintains the General Militarized Baccalaureate (BGM) in operation, created in 2019 by the then governor Alejandro Tello Cristerna, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which offers military-style academic instruction not permitted by law in our country.
Beijing. China yesterday urged the United States to stop smearing Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) companies and threatening them with sanctions, pointing out that such actions lack factual and legal basis and constitute a typical form of hegemony in the field of AI.
The second district court in commercial bankruptcy matters rejected the bases for the auction of Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) and its subsidiary Minera del Norte (Minosa), detecting that they included unauthorized processes, such as the possible "forced sale" of assets belonging to secured creditors and assets separately, which contravenes the original criterion that the companies be sold as a single productive unit.
New York. Singer Carly Simon has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and recently received treatment for skin cancer, she shared in a statement provided to The Associated Press.
Looking ahead to the 2027 elections, electoral advisor Uuc-kib Espadas proposed yesterday that the vote to elect federal deputies be carried out through the use of two ballots: one for the candidates with a relative majority and another for those with proportional representation, since doing so on a single ballot, as is currently the case, violates the right to free suffrage.
Why does a left-wing party defend free trade? Ideologies of any political sign change over time. What is considered appropriate at one time is left aside at another time. This is precisely the case of free trade, which in socialist countries was considered unacceptable until the 70s of the last century.
Referee Slavko Vincic announced his retirement from football, after directing the 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, where he received harsh criticism for tolerating the rough play of the Albiceleste. In total, the Slovenian refereed four games in the tournament, including Mexico's victory (2-0) over Ecuador in the round of 16, in which he showed the red card to Ecuadorian Piero Hincapié for covering his mouth while speaking with Santiago Giménez.
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is mired in an institutional crisis due to the failure of its first attempt to apply the bachelor's admission exam virtually. The highest educational institution paid more than 100 million pesos in a direct award contract to the company Territorium Life, in order for it to apply and monitor 158,413 exams with at least 20 security mechanisms that were to prevent cheating and prevent the leakage of the reagents. The locks included facial and voice recognition, continuous identity validation, real-time monitoring with AI, blocking external applications, disabling copy and paste functions and preventing screen projection on external devices.
The PP gives the green light to construction after finding no legal impediments to the project, conceived as an Islamic cultural center
The photovoltaic company Quantica Renovables promotes a self-consumption model that integrates generation, storage and PPA, with 38.5 million in turnover and 39.1 megawatts installed in 2025
Euromoney recognizes its global, simple and connected model, backed by record results, disciplined capital management and a sustained commitment to technology
The satellite data collected by the EFFIS project makes it possible to follow the evolution of active fires
The Rotterdam studio completes with The Martin the transformation of the former Bijlmerbajes prison into a new sustainable neighborhood in the south of Amsterdam
The number of people working in Spain marks a new record, touching 22.8 million, after 486,000 jobs were created between April and June
Serret and the deputies Simó, Corominas, Barrufet and Guió were convicted of a crime of disobedience by the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia
UNAM faces one of the biggest crises in its history due to the massive use of technology in its access tests
We have reached almost the halfway point of this summer period, signing a dozen top sales with outstanding discounts in technology, home, beauty and fashion and footwear
This magnetic device, which has a compact and minimalist design, emits a powerful acoustic signal to deter possible intruders